to close the shutters
1put up the shutters — (informal) To stop trading, either for the day or permanently (also figurative) • • • Main Entry: ↑shutter * * * put up the shutters british phrase to close a shop or business at the end of the day, or to close it permanently Thesaurus: closing a …
2put up the shutters — British to close a shop or business at the end of the day, or to close it permanently …
3The Elf Mound — Infobox Book | name = The Elf Mound title orig = Danish: Elverhøi translator = image caption = Vilhelm Pedersen illustration author = Hans Christian Andersen country = Denmark language = Danish series = genre = Fairy tale published in =… …
4close — 1 verb 1 SHUT (I, T) to shut something so that there is no longer a space or hole, or to become shut in this way: Ann closed her book and stood up. | close a door/window/gate: Would you mind if I closed the window? | close the… …
5close - closed - shut — If you close something such as a door, you move it so that it covers or fills a hole or gap. He opened the door and closed it behind him. You can also say that you shut something such as a door. There is no difference in meaning. The past tense… …
6The Clockwise Man — Doctorwhobook title=The Clockwise Man series=New Series Adventures number=1 featuring=Ninth Doctor Rose writer=Justin Richards publisher=BBC Books isbn=ISBN 0 563 48628 7 set between=The Unquiet Dead and The Empty Child pages= date=May 2005… …
7The Car Man (Bourne) — The company of Matthew Bourne s The Car Man, with danseur Alan Vincent in the lead role of Luca. Matthew Bourne s The Car Man is a dance production by British choreographer Matthew Bourne. It previewed for the first time on Tuesday, May 16th,… …
8The Mysterious Mr. Quin —   …
9Jean, the Soldier, and Eulalie, the Devil's Daughter — is a French fairy tale collected by Achille Millien. [Paul Delarue, The Borzoi Book of French Folk Tales , p 359, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York 1956] It is Aarne Thompson type 313, the girl helps the hero flee. [Paul Delarue, The Borzoi Book of …
10History of the single-lens reflex camera — The history of the single lens reflex camera predates the invention of photography in 1826/27 by one and a half centuries with the use of a reflex mirror in a camera obscura first described in 1676. Such SLR devices were popular as drawing aids… …
